Football World Cup 1994 / Netherlands

This article covers the Dutch national football team at the 1994 World Cup . It was the sixth participation of the Netherlands in the finals of a football World Cup.

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Norway	25: 05	16
2	Netherlands	29: 09	15th
3	England	26: 09	13
4th	Poland	10:15	8th
5	Turkey	11:19	7th
6th	San Marino	02:46	1

				Dutch goal scorers
Norway	-	Netherlands	2: 1	Bergkamp (10.)
Netherlands	-	Poland	2: 2	van Vossen (44th), van Vossen (48th)
Turkey	-	Netherlands	1: 3	van Vossen (57.), Gullit (59.), van Vossen (87.)
Netherlands	-	Turkey	3: 1	Overmars (5th), Witschge (39th), Witschge (52nd)
Netherlands	-	San Marino	6-0	van den Brom (3rd), own goal (29th), de Wolf (53rd), de Boer (E, 67th), van Vossen (78th), de Wolf (83th)
England	-	Netherlands	2: 2	Bergkamp (35th), van Vossen (85th)
Netherlands	-	Norway	0-0
San Marino	-	Netherlands	0: 7	Bosman (1.), Jonk (21.), Jonk (43.), de Boer (51.), Bosmann (68.), Bosmann (76.), Koeman (E, 81.)
Netherlands	-	England	2-0	Koeman (62nd), Bergkamp (68th)
Poland	-	Netherlands	1: 3	Bergkamp (10th), Bergkamp (68th), de Boer (68th)

Dutch contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Ed de Goey	Feyenoord Rotterdam	December 20, 1966	5	0	0	0
13	Edwin van der Sar	Ajax Amsterdam	October 29, 1970	0	0	0	0
22nd	Theo Snelders	Aberdeen FC	December 07, 1963	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Frank de Boer	Ajax Amsterdam	05/15/1970	4th	0	1	0
4th	Ronald Koeman	FC Barcelona	03/21/1963	5	0	1	0
14th	Ulrich van Gobbel	Feyenoord Rotterdam	January 16, 1971	1	0	1	0
15th	Danny Blind	Ajax Amsterdam	08/01/1961	0	0	0	0
16	Arthur Numan	PSV Eindhoven	December 14, 1969	1	0	0	0
18th	Stan Valckx	Sporting Lisbon	10/20/1963	4th	0	1	0
21st	John de Wolf	Feyenoord Rotterdam	December 10, 1962	0	0	0	0
midfield player
3	Frank Rijkaard	Ajax Amsterdam	09/30/1962	4th	0	1	0
5	Rob Witschge	Feyenoord Rotterdam	08/22/1966	4th	0	1	0
6th	Jan Wouters	PSV Eindhoven	07/17/1960	4th	0	3	0
7th	Marc Overmars	Ajax Amsterdam	03/29/1973	5	0	0	0
8th	Wim Jonk	Inter Milan	October 12, 1966	5	2	1	0
17th	Gaston Taument	Feyenoord Rotterdam	10/01/1970	3	1	0	0
20th	Aron Winter	Lazio Rome	03/01/1967	3	1	1	0
striker
9	Ronald de Boer	Ajax Amsterdam	05/15/1970	3	0	0	0
10	Dennis Bergkamp	Inter Milan	05/10/1969	5	3	1	0
11	Bryan Roy	US Foggia	02/12/1970	5	1	0	0
12	John Bosman	RSC Anderlecht	02/01/1965	0	0	0	0
19th	Peter van Vossen	Feyenoord Rotterdam	04/21/1968	4th	0	0	0
Trainer
	Dick Advocaat		09/27/1947

Games of the Dutch team

Preliminary round

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
2.	Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	004: 300	+1	06th
3.	Belgium	3	2	0	1	002: 100	+1	06th
4th	Morocco	3	0	0	3	002: 500	−3	00

Mon, June 20, 1994 at 7:30 p.m. in Washington, DC
Netherlands	-	Saudi Arabia	2: 1 (0: 1)
Sat, June 25, 1994, 12:30 p.m. in Orlando
Belgium	-	Netherlands	1: 0 (0: 0)
Wed., June 29, 1994, 12:30 p.m. in Orlando
Morocco	-	Netherlands	1: 2 (0: 1)

In Group F, three teams took the first three places with equal points, each with two wins. All games ended with successes of one goal difference. With an identical point and goal difference, the Netherlands were first ahead of Saudi Arabia, which lost 1: 2 in a direct comparison against Oranje . Belgium moved into the round of 16 as the third team, beating their neighbors 1-0. Morocco did well in fourth place despite the three defeats, because they were extremely close with two 1: 2 and one 0: 1.

Round of 16

Mon. July 4, 1994 in Orlando
Netherlands	-	Ireland	2: 0 (2: 0)

In the round of 16, Dennis Bergkamp (10th) and Wim Jonk (40th) were the goalscorers for the Netherlands against Ireland. The defensively strong Irish managed no goal on the offensive. So the favorite won.

Quarter finals

Thursday July 9, 1994 in Dallas
Netherlands	-	Brazil	2: 3 (0: 0)

In the quarter-finals between Brazil and the Netherlands, the Dutch were able to catch up with a 2-0 lead for the Brazilians. A free kick goal by Branco in the 81st minute of the game, however, ensured the decision in favor of the South Americans.